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Thursday, April 30, 2009

The Reading Child

Heidi's Elementary Book List

This list is not the be-all, end-all list of books for the elementary ages. (Not even close.) It is simply books we have enjoyed in our family (or in my own childhood) and books I have on our shelf waiting to be enjoyed. I am sure I have forgotten some, and I am positive I will have many more to add to the list in the coming years. Hopefully, I will keep the list updated every few months.

Disclaimer: I have not read all of these books. Levi has read many books which I have not had a chance to pre-read. Please use parental discretion.

Tales From the Odyssey (series) (Mary Pope Osborne)The Bronze Bow (Elizabeth George Speare)Archimedes and the Door of Science (Jeanne Bendick)

Medieval History/Themed Literature:

The Door in the Wall (Marguerite de Angeli)Crispin: The Cross of Lead (Avi)Adam of the Road (Elizabeth Janet Gray)The Story of Rolf and the Viking Bow (Allen French)Beorn the Proud (Madeleine Polland)The Squires’ Tales (series) (Gerald Morris)Beowulf the Warrior (retold by Ian Serraillier)Augustine: The Farmer’s Boy of Tagaste (P. De Zeeuw, J.Gzn)The Shakespeare Stealer (series) (Gary Blackwood)Viking Adventure (Clyde Robert Bulla)

Late Renaissance and Early Modern History/Themed Literature:

Ben and Me and Mr. Revere and Me (Robert Lawson)The Sign of the Beaver (Elizabeth George Speare)(I’ll be adding more to this category at a later date!)

Modern History/Themed Literature:

*House of Sixty Fathers (Meindert DeJong)*I Am David (Anne Holm)(I’ll be adding more to this category at a later date!)

*The Chronicles of Narnia (series) (C.S. Lewis)At the Back of the North Wind, The Princess and the Goblin, and The Princess and Curdie (George MacDonald)Peter and the Starcatchers (series) (Dave Barry, Ridley Pearson)A Wrinkle in Time (Madeleine L'Engle)The Little Prince (Antoine de Saint-Exupery)Knight’s Castle and The Time Garden (Edward Eager)The Dragon of Lonely Island and The Return of the Dragon (Rebecca Rupp)Five Children and It (and other books by author) (E. Nesbit)The Thief Lord (Cornelia Funke)Chitty Chitty Bang Bang (Ian Flemming)

The Railway Children (and other books by author) (E. Nesbit)From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler (E. L. Konigsburg)Swallows and Amazons (series) (Arthur Ransome)Island of the Blue Dolphins (Scott O’Dell)The Wheel on the School (and other books by author) (Meindert DeJong)Anne of Green Gables (series) (L.M. Montgomery)Star of Light (and other books by author) (Patricia M. St. John)Treasures of the Snow (" St. John)

Oh, I have to second Edi on the additional books by Elizabeth Enright. My fifth grade daughter is always planning a list of books that she would take to a desert island. The L.M. Montgomery (AofGG) series, all of Enright's books and both Penderwick books by Birdsall made the cut just last week.

I have LOVED this series and will be sad that it is over! How is it that I can have so many books and still enjoy getting new ones and even reading ABOUT books?! Like yours, my kiddos are book nuts as well. All the best, Heidi!

I love all your book lists and found that we have very similar favorites.I went through your beginner reader lists last week and made a huge wish list on Amazon for my son almost six and picking up the reading pace quite nicely. We also are using Jessie Wise's phonics book in addition as our main source with others to supplement.I only have one hand free to type right now or I'd say more. :)

I have been a silent fan of yours for a while now! Thank you so much for this amazing list. I plan to reserve several from the library right away. One of my all time faves was missing from your list, Where the Red Fern Grows. Curious your thoughts on this book?!Thank you so much!

Monika~ Hmmm. My thoughts on Where the Red Fern Grows.... I don't know that I ever read it. Simply because I don't do sad books about animals. :) I'm sure that it's a wonderful book, I just never much enjoyed realistic books about animals as a child. Pitiful, no?

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